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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 208 

Expressing the sense of the Congress that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 

transgender individuals should be protected from discrimination under 

the law. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2015 

Mr. CARSON of Indiana (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 

Ms. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mrs. CAPPS, 

Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, 

Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLYBURN, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 

DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 

DEUTCH, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, 

Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 

FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

GUTIE ́RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. 

HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Ms. 

MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, 

Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 

MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. O’ROURKE, 

Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 

POLIS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. 

SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of 

Virginia, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of 

Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of 

California, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 

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SON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 

PERLMUTTER, and Mr. MCNERNEY) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Congress that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals should be protected 

from discrimination under the law. 

Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 

7 states ‘‘All are equal before the law and are entitled 

without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. 

All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.’’; 

Whereas many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals experience discrimination throughout the scope of 

their lives including in acquiring credit, seeking jobs, accessing public accommodations, attending school, receiving services, renting a home, and performing their civic 

duty as a juror; 

Whereas Americans of every age, every faith, every political 

party, and every socio-economic background recognize 

discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 

transgender individuals to be a serious problem; 

Whereas religious liberty and nondiscrimination laws have 

long co-existed; 

Whereas existing Federal law and recent executive actions 

provide some protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 

transgender workers, students, and Federal program recipients; 


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Whereas the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, 

Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, 

Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Washington 

(plus the District of Columbia) prohibit discrimination on 

the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment and housing, and New Hampshire, New York, 

and Wisconsin prohibit discrimination on the basis of 

sexual orientation in employment and housing; 

Whereas the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, 

Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode 

Island, Vermont, and Washington (plus the District of 

Columbia) prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual 

orientation and gender identity in public accommodations, and Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, 

and Wisconsin prohibit discrimination on the basis of 

sexual orientation in public accommodations; 

Whereas the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, 

Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and 

Washington (plus the District of Columbia) prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender 

identity in education, and Wisconsin prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in education; 

Whereas more than 100 cities in States without explicit nondiscrimination laws have adopted ordinances barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender 

identity; 

Whereas 89 percent of Fortune 500 companies have 

proactively adopted nondiscrimination policies inclusive of 

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nies have adopted non-discrimination policies inclusive of 

gender identity; 

Whereas lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals 

may still be legally discriminated against in many jurisdictions in the areas of credit, employment, education, 

housing, jury service, and public accommodations; and 

Whereas discrimination based on who a individual is or whom 

the individual loves is antithetical to a society based on 

the protection of human and civil rights: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of House of Representa2 tives that— 

3 (1) this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Equal4 ity for All Resolution of 2015’’, 

5 (2) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender indi6 viduals are valuable, contributing members of society 

7 and that discrimination on the basis of sexual ori8 entation and gender identity is a serious problem, 

9 (3) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender indi10 viduals deserve equal treatment under the law and 

11 existing Federal protections are inadequate to en12 sure nondiscrimination protections, 

13 (4) the Congress should pass legislation that 

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1 grams, housing, jury service, and public accommoda2 tions, and 

3 (5) the Congress encourages each State— 

4 (A) to simultaneously adopt laws that pro5 hibit discrimination on the basis of sexual ori6 entation and gender identity in credit, employ7 ment, education, federally funded programs, 

8 housing, jury service, and public accommoda9 tions, and 

10 (B) to reject laws that undermine non11 discrimination protections. 

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